Commercial Catering Engineer (January start) - City of London

The Ned; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned hospitality venue in London is seeking a Commercial Catering Engineer to ensure the smooth operation of catering equipment. This role involves servicing and maintaining commercial equipment, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and providing general engineering support. Ideal candidates will have City and Guilds Level 3 and experience in a similar role. The position offers a competitive salary of up to £43,000, inclusive of service charge, along with various employee benefits such as complimentary meals and health perks.

Benefits

Complimentary meals

Learning and development programmes

Discounts at The Ned

Wellbeing benefits

Birthday off after one year

Paid volunteer day

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in servicing and maintaining commercial catering equipment.
• Prior knowledge in a similar environment is preferred.
• Calm under high-pressure situations.

Responsibilities

• Service, repair, and maintain catering equipment.
• Conduct troubleshooting on electric and gas equipment.
• Ensure health and safety compliance.

Skills

Fault finding and troubleshooting of commercial equipment

Basic plumbing and electrical repair

People skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

City and Guilds Level 3 2365

Job description

Commercial Catering Engineer (January start) - City of London

Engineering is the department that keeps everything working perfectly at The Ned.

This isn't always easy, as our building was designed as a bank, and it isn't your traditional hotel.

We're responsible for making The Ned an unbeatable experience for our members, guests, customers, and team members and ensuring that attention to detail is second to none.

Do you want to join one of the best places to work in hospitality?

What's the role?

Commercial Catering Engineer - start with us from January 2026

About the Ned

The Ned and Ned's Club are a global collection of hotels, clubs, spas, and restaurants for like-minded individuals to meet, work and have a good time.

The Ned launched in 2017 in the heart of the City, in the former Midland Bank headquarters.

The Ned City of London houses Ned's Club - a private members' space, gym and rooftop - alongside a public spa, a whole floor of event spaces, ten restaurants and bars and 250 hotel bedrooms.

As part of our Engineering department, you will

• Service, repair and maintain all our commercial catering equipment
• Be responsible for fault finding and troubleshooting of electric and gas commercial catering equipment
• Ensure compliance with relevant health and safety regulations
• Provide general engineering support to the whole operation - including basic plumbing, electrical repair, and gas equipment
• Help the business to achieve sales targets by regularly carrying out preventative maintenance to minimise breakdowns, and disruptions, keeping The Ned running smoothly and looking in top shape
• There are 750+ team working in The Ned, and the engineering department supports and works alongside all of them, so a can‑do attitude and great people skills helps us to maintain a great place to work
• The engineering team provide coverage across the whole operation, so flexibility is working patterns will be required
• Ideally you will have background knowledge with similar environment from your previous roles

What are the shift patterns?

You will work on a basis of 4-on, 3-off and 3-on, 4-off, each shift being 12 hour.

What The Ned can give you

• Salary of up to 43,000 per year, including service charge
• Complimentary meals in our friendly team restaurant, Neddy's including monthly payday breakfast
• Exciting learning and development programmes to help progress your career
• Exclusive rates at The Ned for staying and eating for you, your family and friends
• Wellbeing and health benefits, including Reward Gateway and Stream, with access to gym, shopping, and cinema discounts
• Your birthday off after a year of service and more holiday after five years
• Paid volunteer day
• Refer a friend scheme
• Regular social events, including an annual pool party
• Employee assistance programme - 24 / 7 advice and support
• Reward and recognition initiatives

What you can bring to the role

• Ideally, you are a holder of City and Guilds Level 3 2365, ideally 18th edition (or equivalent)
• You will have background knowledge with similar equipment from your previous roles
• You will have basic plumbing and carpentry skills and knowledge
• This is a high‑pressure role, so an ability to stay calm and inspire confidence in others is needed, paired with the ability to pivot problem solve, and re‑plan when things inevitably change on occasion

At The Ned, we don't just celebrate our diversity, we challenge ourselves to do even better.

The Ned is committed to being the best place to work, and ensuring that we have a leading diversity, equity and inclusion programme is central to making that vision a reality.

Please let us know of any specific needs you may have during your interview.

All candidates must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Apply today and join us as Commercial Catering Engineer

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